Where There's A Will...

Lieutenant John Carruthers, age 21, was killed instantly when he stepped on a Viet Cong land mine while on routine patrol. Three others in his platoon were also injured in the blast.

Lt. Carruthers was drafted in January of this year. He left his studies at Harvard to fulfill his duty to his country, despite the strong anti-war sentiment at home. He was promoted to Lieutenant and put in charge of his platoon after his commanding officer was killed in action in August.

John Carruthers was the son of the millionaire businessman Millard Wilberforce Carruthers III of Newport, Rhode Island. John also leaves his mother Emily (Williams) Carruthers; three sisters, Phoebe Carruthers and Daphne Forrest of Newport, and Olivia Schoolcraft of New York City.

John Carruthers will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Veteran's Day.

Emily Williams Carruthers, wife of wealthy businessman Millard Wilberforce Carruthers III and daughter of the well-known Massachusetts politician Tyrone G. Williams, died yesterday at University Hospital after a long bout with cancer. She was ten days shy of her 58th birthday.

Mrs. Carruthers was active in several charities and society groups. She was a long-time patron of the arts, an active supporter of the Newport Museum of Fine Art, fundraising chairwoman for the Hartford Symphony, a member of the board of the Williams Foundation, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mrs. Carruthers was also notable for her efforts to assist returning veterans of the Viet Nam War, especially after her only son John was killed in October of 1971. Her efforts led to veteran's benefits legislation now pending in Congress.

Mrs. Carruthers leaves Millard, her husband of forty one years, and three daughters, Phoebe Carruthers and Daphne Forrest of Newport, Rhode Island, and Olivia Schoolcraft of New York City. She also leaves five grandchildren.

Mrs. Carruthers will be buried in the family mausoleum after services at the Carruthers estate

Businessman Calhoun Barclay, partner in The Carruthers Group, died Monday en route to Sisters of Mercy hospital after suffering a fatal heart attack during a company board meeting. He was pronounced dead on arrival.

Mr. Barclay graduated from Yale in 1929. He served in the Navy for four years before leaving for Wall Street. He rebuilt his family fortune despite the Depression. In 1938, he and Millard Wilberforce Carruthers III formed the investment group that would eventually grow into The Carruthers Group.

Mr. Barclay collapsed during the meeting and could not be revived, despite CPR administered immediately by his long-time partner Mr. Carruthers.

Mr. Barclay leaves his wife Jocelyn (Van Der Waal), a son Jeremiah Barclay of New York; two daughters, Celeste Bartholomew of Atlanta and Grace Moriarty of San Francisco, and five grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. at St. Vincent's.

Herbert Chang, aged 20, was killed in a tragic car accident at the Carruthers estate in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday. The accident occurred during the afternoon when a car being repaired accidentally dropped into gear and crushed Mr. Chang against a second vehicle. Mr. Chang was pronounced dead on arrival at University Hospital.

Mr. Chang's stepson Phillip Schoolcraft and Mr. Schoolcraft's cousins Geoffrey and Gerald Forrest were also injured in the accident. All are reported in good condition, remaining in the hospital for observation.

Mr. Chang was a gifted student known for his grasp of the abstract theories of high-energy physics. His monograph, On Antisynchronous Chronoquantics and the Chernoff-Scheifler Equations, written at age 18, is regarded as a seminal work on the subject. He was one of the youngest students ever to attend MIT.

Mr. Chang was also known as the controversial fourth husband of heiress Olivia Carruthers (Thornton Markham Schoolcraft Chang), who is some twenty-five years his senior. The marriage was followed by many of the national magazines and tabloids.

Mr. Chang leaves his wife Olivia; two stepsons, Schuyler Thornton and Phillip Schoolcraft, both of Newport, Rhode Island; his parents Wang and Ping-lo of Albany, New York; three brothers, Sheldon, Conrad, and Patrick, also of Albany, New York; and four sisters, Pamela Chung of Paramus, New Jersey, Veronica Hogan of Rotterdam, New York, and Doris and Sylvia, also of Albany, New York.

Mr. Chang will be cremated. A private service will be held at the Carruthers estate.

Dane Enfield, once known as the "Wizard of Wall Street" who turned $10,000 into millions before his twenty-first birth day, was killed when a bomb planted in his car exploded. The blast injured five others and did considerable damage to the Manhattan garage where the car had been parked. He was 31.

Mr. Enfield turned a gift from his father into a sizable fortune before being drafted. Mr. Enfield served two years in the Army. He was awarded a Purple Heart during his tour of duty. Mr. Enfield was one of the last combat troops evacuated from Viet Nam. After leaving the Army, Mr. Enfield returned to Wall Street.

Mr. Enfield, who was convicted of securities fraud and financial irregularities in 1976, served three and a half years at the Millfield State minimum security facility. Released in April, 1980, Mr. Enfield was waiting for the end of his court-imposed ban from investing in the market.

A witness said that Mr. Enfield climbed into his Porsche. "A couple of seconds later, there was a big bang and fire everywhere." Detective Marczinski of the NYPD Organized Crime Squad denied rumors that the explosion was a "Mafia hit."

Mr. Enfield leaves his parents, Dr. Morgan Enfield of Newport, Rhode Island and Ashley Ravenswood of Beverly Hills, California; a brother Henry Enfield, of Houston, Texas; and a sister, Eugenia Rawlings, of New York City.

Plans for services are in complete at this time.

Jennifer (Bates) Thornton died at University Hospital yesterday afternoon after a six month battle with inoperable cancer. She was 41.

Mrs. Thornton was the second wife of Nicholas Thornton III, executive with The Carruthers Group and the youngest son of the prominent Thornton family of Philadelphia. They had been married for seventeen years.

Mrs. Thornton was Secretary of the Newport Historical Society and was also active in several charity groups, including the American Cancer Society. Despite her diagnosis in the summer of 1982, she remained active in all of these endeavors, and also spent time counseling other victims of terminal cancer.

Mrs. Thornton coau thored thirty-eight romance novels with Phoebe Carruthers.

Mrs. Thornton leaves her husband Nicholas, a son Ross, a daughter Eileen, and a stepson, Schuyler Thornton, her husband's son by a previous marriage. Mrs. Thornton also leaves her father, Raymond Bates of Philadelphia, and two brothers, Marshall Bates of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Thomas Bates of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Services will be held at the Second Methodist Church of Newport, on Sunday at 2 p.m. The family asks that donations be made to the American Cancer Society in Mrs. Thornton's memory.

Lydia Caldwell, 58, of Manhattan, New York, was killed yesterday when her car went out of control and crashed. Ms. Caldwell had been the personal secretary of millionaire industrialist Millard Carruthers for almost thirty-five years.

The Carruthers Group company flags are being flown at half-mast in honor of Ms. Caldwell.

"I don't know what I'm going to do without her," said Mr. Carruthers. "In a sense, she really kept this company going."

Ms. Caldwell was also the executor of the Emily Carruthers Foundation, which oversaw charitable donations aiding cancer victims. The foundation, formed by the late Mrs. Carruthers, annually donates more than $8,000,000 to cancer research.

Ms. Caldwell, orphaned during childhood, has no surviving blood relatives.

"The people at The Carruthers Group and the people she helped were her family. She was always there for everyone," said Mr. Carruthers.

Police are at a loss to explain the accident. Eyewitnesses are being sought, with a reward for information being offered by The Carruthers Group.

"I can't explain it," said investigating Officer Nelson Hammer of the Metropolitan Police force. "It should not have been possible for that car to end up where it did."

Dr. Moira Freeman died late last night when she fell from the 18th story balcony of her apartment. Police suspect that foul play is involved and are investigating.

Dr. Freeman, aged 45, was a noted psychologist, cultural anthropologist, and author of nine books. Her most notable work, The Cults of Suburbia; Satan in the Backyards, published in 1981, is required reading by several police departments across the country. Dr. Freeman was in the process of researching a new book when she died.

Dr. Freeman did undergraduate work at the University of Michigan and postgraduate work at Columbia. She spent several years in the South Seas, studying cults throughout Polynesia before returning to the States.

Dr. Freeman became in terested in cults in America after she was called in to help investigate Satanic rituals and cult activities in Cleveland. Dr. Freeman was an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York.

Ms. Freeman is survived by her brother Ezekiel Freeman of Boston, Mass. and a sister Honor Freeman, also of Boston.

Young Homer Caldicott, age 17, died last night of injuries suffered in a hit and run accident along route 138 on Wednesday. He never recovered consciousness.

The straight-A student was on his way to University Hospital to do volunteer work. "He was a great kid who will sorely be missed." said Dr. Morgan Enfield, administrator for the hospital. "The staff was really broken up when the ambulance brought him in."

Students at Newport Central High School were shocked at the loss of their Student Council Vice-President. "Everyone knew him at school, and everyone liked him. He was a bright, active kid that was going to leave his mark on the world," said Assistant Principal Marc Stuyvesant Jr.

Mr. Caldicott leaves his parents, Charles and Lorraine Caldicott; and a sister Penny, all of Newport. A memorial service will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows at 3 p.m. this Friday.

Officer Sarah Thurman, spokesperson for the Newport police, said that they are "investigating a number of leads into the accident."

Millard Wilberforce Carruthers III, wealthy Newport millionaire, who was a well-known businessman and philanthropist, died yesterday afternoon after a bout with illness that had lasted several months. He was 78.

Mr. Carruthers made his fortune with investments after the Crash of 1929. Mr. Carruthers parlayed an inheritance that he pulled out of the market weeks before the Crash into The Carruthers Group, with income of over $100 million dollars during the last fiscal year.

Mr. Carruthers was a strong believer in education, despite the fact that he never went to college. He was very generous with several colleges, endowing numerous scholarships, usually for bright underprivileged youths.

Mr. Carruthers was a strong anti-war activist, especially after his only son John was killed in October of 1971 in Viet Nam. He was soundly criticized by many other businessmen because of his stance. He refused to take government defense contracts in his business dealings.

Mr. Carruthers provided the seed money for his grandson Schuyler Thornton's senior project at Harvard - a low cost fuel oil company for the needy. The company has been widely praised, and is a model for similar programs across the country.

Mr. Carruthers was also a collector of art and antiquities, often stepping in to help universities and smaller museums save valuable pieces in order to make them easily available to researchers and the public. Mr. Carruthers owned several famous works that were always accessible to scholars. In 1965, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in history by the University of Massachusetts for his efforts in the field.

Mr. Carruthers leaves three daughters, Phoebe Carruthers and State Representative Daphne Forrest of Newport, Rhode Island, and Olivia Leverrier of New York City. He also leaves five grandchildren.

After the reading of his will, Mr. Carruthers' ashes will be placed in the family mausoleum at the Carruthers estate next to his beloved wife Emily.